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The Alamance Gleaner VOL. LVII. - GRAHAM, IN, C., THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 24, 1931. NO. 34. News Review of Current Events the World Over i Gandhi Tells Round-Table Conference India Must Have Self-Government?Progress in Plans for Relief. i ' By EDWARD W. PICKARD MAHATMA GANDHI, clnd-only In bll loin olotl) and a white rnhe, and conatantlj sipping goat's milk from a vacuum bottle, was the out standing figure in the I round-table confer ence on the status of India, which got un der way in St. James' palace in London. On the open ing day he spoke no^ word, because It was his weekly day of si x lence. but In the eve ?| nlng, his period of si lunnu hnvlnir pdiIoH he made this rather Gandhi pessimistic statement: "If our hopes and fears are weighed In the balance, I nm afraid onr fears will far outweigh our hopes. But It Is too early to make predictions. We ought to be able to say a week hence whether our hopes ultimately will overbalance our fears. At present everything Is In the lap of the gods." He had listened to flowery and hope ful speeches by Lord Sankey, chair man of the federal structures commit tee, and several others, Including In dian potentates, hut he seemed bored and unimpressed. Next day. however, the mnhatma was free to speak, and speak he did, letting the British know thnt the mini mum demand he, as authorized by the All-India nationalist congress, Is em powered to make Is undiluted self government for India. He wanted the British to let him know very soon whether this would be granted, and was willing to let other minds work out the details. But If the answer was to be "No," he wished to return speedily to India and resume there his revolutionary movement. The queer looking little Hindu leader did not say this quite so hluntly as It is written, but there was no mistaking his meaning, for he Is always un afraid to speak frahkly. India, he said, was willing to re main a partner In the British em pire, but that partnership must be suc|j that It may be terminated at the will of either party. "If God wills," he said, "It will be a permanent partnership, hut at the same time, the right to terminate the association will constitute a real test of the equality of position enjoyed by both partners. "There was a time when I was proud of being called a British sub ject, but many years ago 1 stopped calling myself a British subject. I would far rather be called a rebel than a subject, but 1 still aspire to be a citizen, not of an empire, but of a commonwealth In partnership. "Not a partnership superimposed by one nation upon another, but a partnership of mutual agreement. In such a partnership India will be ready to share Great Britain's mis fortunes, and If necessary, to fight side by side with Great Britain, not for exploitation of any race or any person, but conceivably for the good of the whole world." The federal structures committee, Ignoring Gandhi's desire to have a decision on the general question of self rule first, went ahead with the. working out of details. BANKERS, economists, ex-service men and many other groups are holding almost dally conferences to see what can be done about unemploy ment and the recov ery of prosperity. | One of the Important 1 sessions was that of | the American Legion | labor conference In I Washington, and In It 1 the chief address was | made by HaJ. Gen. | J-mes G. Barbord, | now president of the % Radio Corporation of | America. He told the <* <L.a .L ?*-fc?'u Hiai me turai , contribution It could 0en' H*1*0? make toward the aolutlou of the prob lem would be to offer Ita services un reservedly to President Hoover, and continuing, he bad some harsh words for those who advocate the demand ing of fall payment of soldier bonuses. "I can't Imagine anything more ridiculous," he declared, "than your going to your Detroit convention with a program to relieve the country's un employment and depression problems In one hand and a tin cup In the oth er. You would he laughed out of the country." The prohibition Issue was brought to the tore by If. H. McDonough. presi dent of the building trades depart i ' ment of the American Federation of Labor, who told the conference that legalization of beer would do more to relieve unemployment than all other r^Jef measures combined. He said this would afford, within six hionths, employment for more than 1,000.000 persons, besides providing a market for farm produce. TWELVE eminent bankers, repre senting as many federal reserve districts, were Mr. Hoover's guests at dinner and for two or three hours they set before the President the con ditions In their respective regions. It was said at the White House that each banker had assured the President his district would be able to assume the unemployment relief burden this winter without federal aid. The bankers were: Herbert K. Hal lett of Boston, R. H. Treman of Ith aca, N. Y.; Howard A. Loeb, Phila delphia; J. A. House, Cleveland; John Poole, Washington; John K. Ottley, Atlanta; Melvln A. Traylor, Chicago; Walter W. Smith, St. Louis; George H. Prince, St Paul; Walter S. Mc Lugas, Kansas City; Henry M. Robin son, Los Angeles, and Walter Llchten stein of Chicago. IF DISTRESS during the coming winter can be relieved through the appointment and the labor of leading citizens on committees, It certainly win t>e relieved, di rector Gifford has just named a large com mittee of distinguished men and women whose duty it will he to mobilize national associations for the task. The chairman of this body Is Dr. Eliot Wadsworth of Boston, who used to be an assistant sec retary of the treasury and who is known for his excellent public Doctor Wadsworth. service In connection with the Red Cross. Jtle already is busy at the hendquarters in Washington. Doctor Wadsworth's fellow members include: William Green, president of the. American Federation of Labor; John BflrtAh Payne, chairman of the American Red Cross; Matthew Sloan, president of the New York Edison Company; Silas H. Strawn, president of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States; Colonel Arthur Woods, of New York, who was chairman of Mr. Hoover's relief Organization last year, and R. H. Alshton, Washington; Martin H. Carmody. Grand Rapids, Mich.; James C. Drain. Spokane, Wash.; Dr. John W. Davis, Institute, W. Va.; John E. Edgerton. Lebanon, Tenn.; Dr. Lillian Gilbreath. Mont clair, N. J.; C. E. Grunskey. San Francisco, Calif.; A. Johrtson, Wash ington ; Alvan Macauley, Detroit, Mich.; John R. Mott, New York City; Rabbi A. H. Silver, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. John F. Slppel,. Washington; George Sloan, New York City; Mrs. Robert EL Speer, New York City; L. J. Taber, Columbus, Ohio'; George E. Vincent, Greenwich, Conn., and Wil liam Allen Whfce, Emporia, Kan. GEN. JOHN^J. PERSHINO went out to Lincoln, Neb., to spend bl* seventy-first birthday anniversary with his sister. Miss May Pershlnf, and his son. Warren. He planned to remain there for three weeks, Jfl resting from his "la bors as head of the American monuments commission which have taken him on ex tensive travels. As always when he Is in Lincoln, he declined to make any public k appearances or state- I menu or even to give Interviews. But he Permhloq. chatted every day with hla old frlenda and thoroughly enjoyed hla reat with Ita Informality. One remark the general dropped waa quoted by the preaa. "There's nothing vltally'wrong with the coun try," he aaid. "Anyone who aaya we're on the rocks doesn't know his country. We'll come out of It. The depreaslon can't last." / AVIATION news was a mixture of good and bad. Don Moyle and C. A. Allen, who started a Bight from Tokyo across the Pacific and were missing for nine days, were found alive and safe on an Island off the coast of Kamchatka. Three piiaaen gera and a pilot died when a plane fell Into the sen at Oakland, Cnllf.; and a navy plane carrying supplies f<? stricken Bellr.e crashed, killing an of ficer and twp enlisted men. Wreckage of a monoplane found near the Shet* land Islands was Identified as the plane In which Parker Cramer and Oliver Pncquette were trying to lly to Copenhagen. At this writing there is no word of the fate of liody, Jo hanssen and Vlega who. flying from Portugal to New Fork, vanished olT the Nova Scotia coast. Rear admiral richard k. Byrd announced In Boston that he was planning another expedition to the South pole. He said that detailed preparations for this trip already have heen made, hut that he was not ready to give out the plans yet because there is still much scientific work to be done on the data collected by the former expedition. "As Is my custom," he said, "there will he no public campaign for the raising, of Rear Admiral fundg for th|s expe(jj. tion. In the past, friends of mine who are Interested in the work have contributed the bulk of the money. In this particular case, they will contribute probably nil of it." ON ITS second reading In the house of commons the British govern ment's economy bill, authorizing the use of orders in council to effect sav ings of $350,000,000 in administrative expenditures, was approved by a vote of 310 to 253?a majority for the gov ernment of 57. The division came after a long debate on proposals to reduce by 10 per cent the dole and salaries and costs of social devices. Prime Minister MacDonald has ap: pointed a cabinet committee to in vestigate Great Britain's adverse trade balance, and many think this means the government has decided to adopt a tariff policy. The London Dally Mail says there is a strong opinion In parliament that a general tariff of 20 per cent on all classes of foreign Imports will ultimately be adopted without an electoral appeal to the country. The Laborite Herald, however, contends that a tariff cannot be imposed until the electorate has been consulted and hints that a gen eral election is impending. One Immediate result of the wage cuts instituted by the government was a threat of mutiny among the navy men of the lower rating. The ad miralty, admitting there was serious "unrest," suspended the program of exercises of the fleet in the North sea and started an Inquiry. SCARCELY 2,000 members of the once mighty Grand Army of the Republic were able to attend the an nual encampment in Des Moines, the sixty-flfth and perhaps the last. They were tenderly cared for find many of them managed to march over at least a part of the route when the big parade was held, but in the main they were content to sit in arm chairs and ex change reminiscences. FINDING he could not complete his Investigations in the Philippines In the time originally set. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley, put off for one week his depar ture for the United States and went on with the work with refreshing thorough ness. Lenders of the Filipinos who demand Immediate Independ ence are not wholly pleased with Mr. Hur ley, seeming to be convinced he will re port against their cause. In the Island _ . ,, , senate he was bitter- * ey" 17 attacked by two senators.^despite the pleas of Sergio Osmena, president pro tempore of the senate, that they reserve their criticisms. Mr. Hurley, far from being offended, said such In cidents gave him a clearer insight Into conditions. Osmena and Manuel novas, speaker of the Insulnr bouse, stated that plans had been made for the sending of an Independence commission to Washing ton this fall. The delegates will seek a round-table conference and may consent to a compromise settlement of the question. LATE reports from Belize. British Honduras, are that the deaths re sulting from the hurricane that smashed that city may reach the shocking total of 1,400, or nearly one In ten of the entire population. Hun dreds of the victims were burned In huge pyres without attempt at Iden tification. because of the danger of pestilence. Other hundreds were swept ont to sea by the great tidal wave that accompanied the storm. Relief measures for the survivors were promptly carried out by the Honduran authorities, the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army, and the American naval forces In the vi cinity. (? *t WasUra SmwHf Pales.) I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I HI ? :: MEN ARE LIKE :: ;; THE LEAVES r| ;; By DOUGLAS MALLOCH ?tl l l l 'l 1 III I I I I I I I I I I I I I I lT SOME leaves keep their green Longer than the rest; When the old trees lean Farther from the west, When the winds blow cold, When the last leaves fall, Some green leaf grows old Latest of them all. So It Is with friends; When the summer's done, When the season ends, Farther swings the sun, ' Some friends will remain, Keep their faith with you; Poverty or pain, They continue true. Men are like the leaves. Fairest In the spring; When the autumn grieves, That's another thing. In the summer scene Would that we could tell Which would be the green When the others fell. (CO. nil. Douglas Malloch.)?WNU Service. IlbtH^CoolDook ?1b It rainy, little flower? Be glad of rain. Too much sun would wither thee, 'Twill shine again. The clouds are very thick 'tis true: But Just behind them smiles the blue." SEASONABLE DISHES WHEN preparing 8ala<l for more than the usual number, a few , packages of lemon gelatin will make a fine foundation for the various fruits or vegetables. If one wishes, add In place of the water, to dissolve the gelatin, fruit juices, strained broths or both, made with bouillon cubes; they add flavor as well as nutriment. When giving a luncheon or serving a church or society club, a molded gel atin salad Is nlways well liked. It may be set in smnll molds, or In large flat dishes and cut In scrvlng-slzed cubes, or It may be lightly broken up with a fork and served In nests of lettuce. Vegetable Salad. Grate six or eight medium-sized car rots, or better, shred very fine on a vegetable shredder; add one finely minced onion and one green pepper also finely minced, a few stalks of ten der celery chopped fine, a cupful or more of finely shredded cabbage and one small ducumber cut In dice. Add to three packages of lemon gelatin dis solved in three pints of hot liquid and put away to mold. Chill before add ing the vegetable and let thicken slightly. Hot Slaw. Shred cabbage very fine and crisp in cold water. Beat the yolks of the eggs-with two tablespoonfuls of cold water, add a tablespoonful of butter, salt to season and a quarter of a cup ful of vinegar. Cook this dressing over hot water until thick. Pour over the drained cabbage and heat uatil thoroughly hot. Serve hot. 8panith Pepper Salad. Dissolve half a box of gelatin In a half-cupful of cold water and add a cupful of vinegar. Add half a cupful | of sugar, the juice of a lemon and a teaspoonful of salt, with one cupful of boiling water. Mix with six canned plmlentoes, two cupfuls of celery and one cupful of pecans, all cut fine. Mold In small molds and serve on let tuce with mayonnaise dressing. German Cabbage 8alad. This is one of the most appetizing of all cabbage salads. Chop a crisp, hard head of cabbage with an onion or two. according to the size of the cabbage; three cupfuls of chopped cab bage will need one medium-sized onion. Cut up a two-Inch cube of salt pork Into the smallest possible cubes and fry until brown; pour this browned pork and fat over the cabbage, stirring and mixing well; add a teaspoonful or two of salt and In the same frying pan add cnongh vinegar to moisten the salad. When boiling hot, pour that over the cabbage. Serve after stand ing In a warm place to keep hot. This is very good when cold, so there is never any waste. (?l 1931. Western NewsDaoer Union * Music Brings More Milk From Cows THAT cows will give more milk to tbe strains of music was proved when Ben Scott, In charge of the cattle at the Fredmar farms near Oakvllle, Mo., Installed a radio loudspeaker for the benefit of the restless bovlnes. They Immediately showed signs of musical appreciation and stood still while they were milked. . BEDTIME STORY FOR CHILDREN By THORNTON W. BURGESS HONKER SENDS HIS THANKS TO PETER THE slap of Paddy the Beaver's tail on the water, especially In the still ness of the night, la a very startling sound. It Is no wonder that Honker the Goose awoke with a start. The other geese did the same thing. "Honk, honk I" said Honker In a low voice, which was the way of asking Paddy the Beaver what the trouble was. "I don't know," replied Paddy, "hut Peter Rabbit thumped his danger slg ?MMB, <l fy. - Honker Boldly Swam Towards Them. nal and 1 passed It along by slapping the water with my tail, it aeemed to me that aome of your followers were drifting pretty eloae to the shore and If there la any danger about, that la where It la, and there la danger or l'eter Rabbit wouldn't hnve thumped." Meanwhile the geese who had drift ed so Dear shore were swimming out and all gathered around Honker In the middle of the pond to And out what the scare was, their long necks stretched as high as they could stretch them as they looked and listened sus piciously. Now Honker has the keen est of ears. You wouldn't think so to look at him, hut he has. They caught the sound of the tiniest rustle on the shore. You or I wouldn't hare heard It. Oh, my, no! But Honker did. It was the rustle made hy Iteddy Fox as he changed his position. "There Is some one over there," said nonker, In a low voice. "I thought you said that there would be no dan ger here tonight, Paddy." "I didn't think there would be," re plied Paddy. "It must be that some one snw you come here. Probably It Is Iteddy Fox or Old Man Coyote. Yon wait and I'll find out." Paddy dived and when he came up he put only his nose out of water. He was very close to the shore where Reddy and Granny Fox were hiding, and the minute he put his nose out of water he smelled them. Then he grinned to himself and dived again, coming to where Honker was waiting. "Reddy and Granny Fox." said he brief ly. "They are hiding right over there on the edge of the ahore and I gnesa that If you hadn't wakened yon would have had one or'two less to make the long Journey South with you by this time. Two or three were pretty close to that very spot when I gave the alarm and were settles closer all tlie time." ^ All the t?ie began to gabble at once, thanking Paddy for^ buclng waked them In time. "Don't thank me," said Paddy. "It was Peter Bab bit who discovered the danger. I only passed his signal along. I didn't know where the danger was or what It was, when I slapped the water with my tall. But I did know that when Peter thumps the ground the way he did It Is best for everybody to watch out, so I wakened you." "Where Is Peter?" asked Honker. "I don't know," replied Paddy. "I heard him run away after he thumped. I guess he kuew that It wasn't safe to stay another minute because Iteddy and Granny Fox would be likely to try to catch him to make up for spoiling their chance to dine on a fat goose There they are now!" Sure enough, there were Reddy and Granny Fox In plain sight on tne edge of the pond, looking over at Hooker and his followers with hungry, long ing eyes. You see they knew that they had been found out and that It was of no use to hide there any long er, for having once been alarmed the geese would not again give them the least chance to catch them. Honker boldly swam toward them. Just out of reach he stopped and hissed an ,.rlly. Old Granny Fox drew back her lips and showed all her sharp teeth. "Hiss away," she snarled. "If It hadn't been for that meddlesome Pe ter Rabbit some of you never would hare biased again." With thai she and Keddy turned and disappeared In the Green Forest. Honker swam heck to where Paddy the Beaver was waiting. "Very early In the morning we will have to be on our way to the sunny southland." said he, "and so we are not likely to see Peter Rabbit again. The next time you see hlra please thank him for us and tell him that Honker the Goose never will forget what he hns done for us this night Will you?" And Paddy promised that he would, hy J a. Lloyd.)?WNU S?r*te?. ~ ~ ~ Old Gardener ?6s=e=dsdtes^=?=sSays:=?* IN MANY parts of the country the torch lily or red-hot poker, cata logued both as Trifoma and Kniphofia, can be wintered in the open ground with a light protection In the way of leaves or pine boughs. In New Kng land and other northern states, how ever, it Is very often killed, for which reason It is better to take up the plants when cold weather comes, stor ing them In boxes of dry sand or coal ashes 1n the cellar, or with a slight covering in a cold-frame or a pit. If this plan were generally adopted, these brilliant flowers would be seen much more often in northern gardens. They are to be prized for their habit of blooming In the autumn, although some of the newer kinds will flower almost continuously from midsummer. <e. 1911. WMitrn Niwkmmt Union.) d Billy Herman ? wm w?1 ? ?^w Billy Herman, sensational second baseman of (he Louisville Colonels, was purchased recent I j by Manager Hornsby for the Chicago Cube, the price ? being riinioreU to be SoO.OOU. lie was to have reported at the end of the sea son, but llurnsby has called him in and put him nt work on the second bag. Herman has been called the best man In the American association. O GlRUGA.GJ0 "A husband never knows what his trade-in value is," says Cynical Sue, "until his wife ?ues for alimony." (&. mi Bell Syndicate! ? WNU Service | Ostriches Busy Supplying Demand for Plumes " OSTRICHES all over the world aye mighty . busy these days growing plumes, the rea- j son being the vogue for the Empress Eugenie i hat, on which a feather is placed. The owners of ostrich farms are happy and the birds are . producing eggs and young ostriches ns fast as I they can. A few months ago there were twen- 1 ty-odd feether factories operating in the Unit- I ed States. Now about three hundred of them i are going full blast, employing probably four I thousand workers. The prices, too, while be- \ iow rnose or twenry years ago when a choice ~ ????????v ostrich plume brought as much as $30 (that kind isn't needed now) have climbed way up about 70 per cent ii. the last six months. '
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